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Oksana Dudko

@oksanadudko.bsky.social

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historian and theatre curator | violence, body, the first world war, and the 1917 revolutions | Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union | also write about contemporary Ukrainian theatre | in theatre when not in the archives

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 25

Check out one of my latest articles on how studying 🇺🇦 can help us rethink area studies and decolonizing approaches to European and Slavic studies. Grateful to the @canslavpapers.bsky.social forum "Approaches to #Decolonization" for offering a platform for broader discussion.
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Gate-crashing “European” and “Slavic” area studies: can Ukrainian studies transform the fields?

Russia’s full-fledged invasion of Ukraine has brought Ukraine to the centre of academic and public attention. The fact that Ukraine did not immediately collapse surprised the global community and f...

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Aug 29

The #ASEEES25 conference is coming up! If you work on Eastern Europe and women’s & gender history, consider applying for the #AWSS Travel Grant: awsshome.org/awards/trave...

Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jul 21

My lecture on the Ukrainian Galician Army, the typhus epidemic, and anti-Jewish violence in 1919 is now available on the Historical Webinar channel.

youtu.be/iQFrBradOM0?...

“IB\HW” Оксана Дудко. «Загрожене тіло нації: тиф, виснаження і розчарування в УГА»

YouTube video by Історичний вебінар\Historical Webinar

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 25

Polish translation: www.ceeol.com/search/artic...

CEEOL - Article Detail

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 25

Gate-crashing “European” and “Slavic” area studies: can Ukrainian studies transform the fields?

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 25

Super interesting!

Sinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · Jun 25

JUST published (free access) Full article: Warrior ethos and the spirit of nationalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Warrior ethos and the spirit of nationalism

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 25

Polish translation: czasopisma.ispan.pl/index.php/k/...

Przekraczając studia „europejskie” i „słowiańskie”

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Canadian Slavonic Papers @canslavpapers.bsky.social · Jun 13

The Canadian Association of Slavists invites expressions of interest for the position of Editor of Canadian Slavonic Papers, starting in 2026 or 2027. See our website for further particulars: slavists.ca/news/

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News Zprávy Latest News — SEARCH FOR NEW CSP EDITOR — The Canadian Association of Slavists invites expressions of interest for the position of Editor of Canadian Slavonic Papers, starting in 2026 or 2...

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 20

The latest issue of @historyworkshop.org.uk is out now, featuring our forum: “A Conversation on Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice,” with @ankahajkova.bsky.social, @oksanadudko.bsky.social, @kassymbekova.bsky.social, John Vsetecka, Yuliya Hilevych & Anna Muller.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jun 18

The latest issue of History Workshop Journal is hot off the press - with articles on medieval lordship, trans feminism and meat markets.

Issue 99 is live now on the HWJ website:

academic.oup.com/hwj...

Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 20

I genuinely enjoyed our discussion yesterday. Thanks so much for joining, @yuliyayurchuk.bsky.social, @mananafm.bsky.social, @olhavoznyuk.bsky.social, and everyone from the non-BS community

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 20

Podcast for STUDIO Central and Eastern Europe @fcee.bsky.social @KU_Leuven on Ukrainian studies in the West after Russia’s full-scale invasion is out.

Thanks to @MarynaShevtsova for interviewing me.

Forum on Central and Eastern Europe - KU Leuven @fcee.bsky.social · Jun 20

How has Russia’s war in Ukraine reshaped Ukrainian studies in the West?
🎙️Studio Central and Eastern Europe — New episode out, in which historian Oksana Dudko joins political scientist Maryna Shevtsova to discuss how the war helped broaden East European Studies beyond its Russia-centric past.

Oksana Dudko on the War’s Impact on Ukrainian and East European Studies | Studio Central and Eastern Europe

In this episode of Studio Central and Eastern Europe, Oksana Dudko discusses how Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has broadened the field of Ukrainian studies in the West. In conversation with ...

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Darya (Дарця) Tsymbalyuk @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social · May 5

for those in Europe, you can now order "Ecocide in Ukraine" with a 40% discount, just use the code DTS40 when ordering at @politybooks.bsky.social
with huge thanks to Serhii Plokhii, Luke Harding, Svitlana Matviyenko, Philippe Sands, Maria Popova, Lisa Brady, and Emma Hakala for their kind words 🌿

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 20

During the next meeting of the online 🇺🇦Ukrainian Reading Group I’m hosting, we’ll be discussing @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social's newly published "Ecocide in Ukraine" @politybooks.bsky.social

#URG 🇺🇦

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 20

Listen to it here youtu.be/Qq4kwfAmQCk?...

Oksana Dudko on the War’s Impact on Ukrainian and East European Studies

YouTube video by Studio Central and Eastern Europe

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congrats, @apomiecko.bsky.social‬! Here's the link to the book: utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....

Bound by Exclusion and Violence - University of Toronto Press

A History of Belarusian Armed Struggle in the Twentieth Century

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 19

So glad that Aleks Pomiećko's "Bound by Exclusion and Violence" is finally out with @utpress. Great news for Belarusian studies and the broader field.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jun 9

Great to see research recently published in HWJ by @ankahajkova.bsky.social and Oksana Dudko referenced in Swedish newspapers.

Read the full forum article here (free access) - six historians of Eastern Europe discuss decolonizing approaches
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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 3

Starter packs might be a bit old, but they’re still a great way to find focused content. Here’s a starter pack of Ukrainian scholars and experts. Please read and share.

If you work on Ukraine and want to be included, feel free to DM.

go.bsky.app/NrWpykf

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Jun 3

Such a wonderful event to be part of. Consider applying!

The Danyliw Research Seminar on Contemporary Ukraine, September 25-27, 2025 in Ottawa, Canada.

Call for proposals: www.danyliwseminar.com
Deadline : 26 June 2025

#Danyliw25

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · May 16

Such a wonderful initiative!

Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · May 15

Kick-off Konferenz "Eastern Europe’s Invisibilities: Politics, Epistemics, Arts"

University of Zurich, Mai 6-8, 2026

Deadline: July 31, 2025

www.slav.uzh.ch/de/forschung...

Exhibition view of Mykola Ridnyi's Blind Spots (2014/15) @mykola_rrrrr

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · May 2

Thanks to all our authors and the HWJ editorial board: Anna Muller, @kassymbekova.bsky.social, John Vsetecka, Yuliya [email protected], and @markpendleton.bsky.social
Special thanks to @ankahajkova.bsky.social, who came up with the idea to publish this piece
@oxunipress.bsky.social

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · May 2

So happy that our piece with @ankahajkova.bsky.social—"Teaching Eastern Europe in the Age of Russia’s Imperial Invasions: A Conversation on Being Postcolonial When No One Takes Any Notice"—is finally out in @historyworkshop.org.uk

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Apr 30

Honoured to receive the Dr. Sergiy & Tetyana Kryvoruchko Award in Ukr History for Acad. Excellence. Receiving this award during the harrowing yrs of Ru’s invasion of UA gave a rare moment to pause & reflect on how lucky I am to be doing what I truly love @uoftartsci.bsky.social @uoft.bsky.social

Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Apr 18

Season 3 of #URG 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Reading Group keeps going no matter what.

We just wrapped up Autocracy, Inc. by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Love our group and the conversations we’re having!

Next up: The Life and Death of States (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2023) by Natasha Wheatley.

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Oksana Dudko @oksanadudko.bsky.social · Feb 28

Meanwhile, since 2021, I’ve hosted the 🇺🇦 Reading Group #URG, and we just started Season 3. We are a community of scholars of Ukraine who read books on empires, violence, nation-states, and Soviet modernity. Understanding 🇺🇦 is required.

All are welcome.

Collage by @selizetta.bsky.social